The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed

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'''''The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed''''' is a choral composition by [[Atlanta]]-based composer Joel Thompson.<ref name="wfmt">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The piece contains seven movements, each of which quotes the last words of an unarmed black man before he was killed.<ref name="tall">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Thompson has said that in composing the piece, he "used the liturgical format in [[Haydn]]’s [[The Seven Last Words of Christ (Haydn)|Seven Last Words of Christ]] in an effort to humanize these men and to reckon with my identity as a black man in this country in relation to this specific scourge of police brutality."<ref name="wfmt" /> It was premiered in 2016 by the [[University of Michigan]] Men’s Glee Club under the direction of Eugene Rogers,<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> and has been performed by the [[Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra]] (with The Village Square, the Florida A&M Concert Choir, and the [[Morehouse College]] Glee Club)<ref name="tall" /> and the [[Boston Children's Chorus]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

== Movements ==


== References ==


== External Links ==

* [https://ift.tt/2RQgUnc Official website]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdNXoqNuLRQ Performance by the University of Michigan Men's Glee Club]

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